Alfahariella, Quiñonero-Salgado & López-Soriano & Glöer & Prieto, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17026020 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9D041878-8962-FF9E-01B2-FE01FCF6F1ED |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Alfahariella |
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gen. nov. |
Family HYDROBIIDAE Stimpson, 1865 View in CoL Genus Alfahariella gen. nov.
Type species: Alfahariella panxampla View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 -4)
Description: The glossy shell is valvatoid with 3–3.5 rounded whorls. The aperture is nearly circular. The penis has an acute apex with a penial appendix (Figure 3B). The shell is 0.5–1.0 mm in diameter and 0.4–0.6 mm high.
It differs from Corbellaria Callot-Girardi & Boeters, 2012 View in CoL in the first whorl, which is obtuse and generally elevated in Corbellaria View in CoL , while in Alfahariella View in CoL gen. nov. it is not obtuse. Additionally, the umbilicus is much wider in Corbellaria View in CoL .
Corbellaria View in CoL has a short penial lobe while the newly described genus has an acute penial appendix. Vilertia View in CoL has a bilobed penis and the aperture has a flanged edge.
From Salaeniella Boeters, Quiñonero-Salgado & Ruiz- Cobo, 2019 View in CoL it differs by the penial appendix, which has the same length as the penis, while in Alfahariella View in CoL gen. nov. the penis is twice as long as the penial appendix. The penial appendix in Salaeniella View in CoL is finger-like, while in Alfahariella View in CoL gen. nov. it is triangular with a broad basis. Onubiella Martín-Álvarez, Quiñonero-Salgado, López-Soriano, Raven & Glöer, 2024 View in CoL has no penial appendix.
Etymology: The name refers to the Alfara de Carles village (Baix Ebre, Tarragona province, Spain) where the new species was found. Thes pelling derives from the Arab Al-Fahar, which means pottery, and hence the adapted name.
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